Find out how popular the last name Hmung is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hmung.

Hmung, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hmung surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hmung in America

Hmung is the 116829th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hmung surname appeared 149 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Hmung.

The history of the last name Hmung

The surname HMUNG has its origins in the small village of Hmung, located in the Chin State region of western Myanmar (formerly Burma). This remote area was home to an ethnic group known as the Hmung people, who spoke a dialect of the Tibeto-Burman language family. The name HMUNG is believed to have derived from the old Hmung word "hmanghmang," which translates to "mountain dweller" or "one who lives in the hills."

One of the earliest known references to the HMUNG name can be found in a collection of traditional Chin folktales and oral histories, transcribed by British colonial administrators in the late 19th century. These accounts mention several prominent Hmung chieftains and elders, though their exact birth and death years are uncertain.

The first documented use of the HMUNG surname in written records dates back to the early 20th century, when the British colonial authorities began compiling census data and registering births and deaths in the region. One notable individual from this era was Pu Hmung Thang, a respected village leader and mediator who was born around 1875 and lived until the late 1940s.

As the Hmung people migrated to other parts of Myanmar and neighboring countries, the surname HMUNG began to appear in various spellings, including Hmong, Hmung, and Moung. A prominent figure from this diaspora was Moua Hmung, a revered Hmong shaman and healer who was born in the early 1900s and lived in the refugee camps of Thailand until his passing in the 1980s.

In more recent times, the HMUNG name has been carried by several notable individuals, such as Pu Hmung Kio, a Chin human rights activist and advocate for democracy in Myanmar, who was born in the 1960s and continues to work tirelessly for his cause. Another notable HMUNG is Kio Hmung, a Burmese-American artist and sculptor whose works have been exhibited in galleries across the United States, born in the late 1970s.

While the HMUNG surname may have originated from a small, isolated community, it has since spread across the globe, carried by individuals who have made significant contributions in various fields, from activism and art to literature and beyond.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hmung

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hmung.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hmung was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hmung was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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